Ranji Trophy: Punjab, Services, Andhra win

New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) Punjab, Andhra and the Services posted easy wins against their respective opponents in the fourth round of the Ranji Trophy matches Monday.

Punjab beat Saurashtra by eight wickets in Group A to notch up their third win in four rounds of the Ranji Trophy 2012/13 season. The hosts needed only three days to win the tie and take home six points while Saurashtra are yet to win a match this season.

In Group C, Andhra and the Services also won big against Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, respectively.

Andhra beat Jammu and Kashmir in an away match at the Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground, Jammu, by an innings and 15 runs to take home seven points, including a bonus one. This was Andhra's first win of the season.

Hosts Services beat Assam by 10 wickets to win their first match of the season and bag seven points at the Model Sports Complex, Delhi.

In Mohali: Saurashtra 90 all out and 233 all out in 62.4 overs (Sagar Jogiyani 76; Siddharth Kaul 6/63, Sandeep Sharma 3−57) lost to Punjab 205 all out in 74.2 overs and 120/2 in 33.1 overs (Karan Goel not out 75)

In Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir 153 all out and 222 all out in 77 overs (Ian Dev Singh 65, Ram Dayal 47; Paidikalva Vijaykumar 3/33, Achtuta Rao 3/40, Shaikh Basha 3/79) lost to Andhra 390 all out in 112.1 overs

In Delhi: Assam 182 all out in 78.3 and 170 all out in 60 overs (Tarjinder Singh 54; Shadab Nazar 6/50, Nishan Singh 3/57) lost to Services 326 all out in 99.1 overs (Rajat Paliwal 167; Arup Das 3/88, Abu Nechim 3/75, Dhiraj Goswami 3/84) and 27 for no loss in 7.2 overs.